Quotes About Loss

What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?

But the man was saddened by these words and went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.

But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

Then the second one married the widow, but he also died and left no children. And the third did likewise.

Assuming He was in their company, they traveled on for a day before they began to look for Him among their relatives and friends.

When they could not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for Him.

As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.

Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”

When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside.

What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?

But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted, and then he divides up his plunder.

Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds it?

And when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors to say, ëRejoice with me, for I have found my lost coin.í

The younger son said to him, ëFather, give me my share of the estate.í So he divided his property between them.

After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.

After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need.

So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.

He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.

But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.í”

Remember Lotís wife!

Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.

He replied, ëI tell you that everyone who has will be given more; but the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

and the third married the widow, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.

And last of all, the woman died.